In an interview with KQED’s Political Breakdown, California’s GOP candidate for governor rejected the president’s election denialism and showed support for mail-in voting.
Sep 3, 2026
Updated 5:07 pm PT
Steve Hilton, candidate for California governor, speaks with KQED political reporter Marisa Lagos for Political Breakdown at KQED studios in San Francisco on Sept. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
Steve Hilton, California’s Republican candidate for governor, put daylight between himself and President Donald Trump this week in an attempt to thread the needle to appeal to the state’s anti-Trump voters.
In an interview with KQED’s Political Breakdown podcast released Thursday, Hilton refused to explicitly drag the
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